Mike Colter isn't the voice of Locke anymore.

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> > I think the reasoning Frankie listed for why isn’t accurate, as we all know Colter sucked at voice acting. It’s easy to chalk it up to “a scheduling issue”, as both parties probably saw that it really wasn’t working out.
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> > I’m happy they made the change, though I am a little sad for Colter.
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> I think his voice acting sucked, except in the Conquering Hero commercial. It was actually pretty badass there. Sucks that there has to be this fragment because of a scheduling error.

That wasn’t Colter though, that was the new guy apparently.

I thought I noticed it in the E3 trailer, I guess this just confirms it.

The new guy totally nailed his lines in the Locke trailer, so I can’t say I have any complaint. His voice isn’t a huge contrast either.

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> > > I think the reasoning Frankie listed for why isn’t accurate, as we all know Colter sucked at voice acting. It’s easy to chalk it up to “a scheduling issue”, as both parties probably saw that it really wasn’t working out.
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> > I think his voice acting sucked, except in the Conquering Hero commercial. It was actually pretty badass there. Sucks that there has to be this fragment because of a scheduling error.
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> That wasn’t Colter though, that was the new guy apparently.

Nope. In the conquering hero and the prologue, epilogue of H2A, it was Colter. Anything related to E3, was the new guy. The new guy actually brings some deepness into Locke’s voice, it’s very intimidating. I love it

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> > > > I think the reasoning Frankie listed for why isn’t accurate, as we all know Colter sucked at voice acting. It’s easy to chalk it up to “a scheduling issue”, as both parties probably saw that it really wasn’t working out.
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> > > I think his voice acting sucked, except in the Conquering Hero commercial. It was actually pretty badass there. Sucks that there has to be this fragment because of a scheduling error.
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> Nope. In the conquering hero and the prologue, epilogue of H2A, it was Colter. Anything related to E3, was the new guy. The new guy actually brings some deepness into Locke’s voice, it’s very intimidating. I love it

No it wasn’t. The Conquering Hero trailer had Amadi voicing Locke. He even references the trailer on his twitter as you can see in the link below. Colter only voiced Locke for Nightfall, the H2A terminals, and the H2A bookend cutscenes

https://twitter.com/africanwrdsmith/status/609242759384334336

I think the real question we should be asking is if Joe Staten is voicing the Grunts again.

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> > The Hell? How are they going to explain this in the lore?
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> Um… what lore is there to explain, exactly? Lol

Maybe lore is the wrong word here (was half asleep at the time). It just always bothers me when voice actors change and this character is very prominent too so I was wondering if there was going to be something to “explain the change away”.

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> > > The Hell? How are they going to explain this in the lore?
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> Maybe lore is the wrong word here (was half asleep at the time). It just always bothers me when voice actors change and this character is very prominent too so I was wondering if there was going to be something to “explain the change away”.

There’s no need to explain anything. We’ve only heard Colter say about half a dozen lines in the H2A prologue/epilogue - everything else since then has been Amadi. And honestly, he sounds enough like Colter it’s hardly a jarring transition. As other people have mentioned, the recasts of Truth and Miranda Keyes were way more noticeable and those didn’t get in-universe explanations. Sometimes an actor just gets changed, that’s all there it to it, and the story goes on like normal. (Just look at the Marvel movies.)

So this means we can say Lock is made of Mike & Ike.

I don’t think it needs explanation. Truth and Amanda Keys changed voice actors and no one really cared.

Well If this doesn’t make 343i have to bump off Locke sooner rather then later they must be hell bent on making a Locke Halo spinoff series

I’m surprised his contract didn’t “Locke” him down. You know to prevent him doing work that interfered with his duties on Halo 5.

Unless of course, like others have speculated that either he, 343i or both weren’t happy with the work.

As long as they go 100% Amadi i’m good, I don’t want them to switch between Mike and Amadi when ever Mike can do voice acting.

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> The Hell? How are they going to explain this in the lore?

What do you mean? Miranda Keys and the Prophet of Truth had different voice actors for Halo 2 and 3 (which clearly people mentioned before me. I didn’t read the whole thread). Locke getting a new voice actor isn’t that big of a deal. Matter of fact I am quite happy this happened. His voice acting is not that great. What I want to know is how does this clash with Marvel? It’s not like they are the same character.

Didn’t realise that it was a different voice actor in the E3 gameplay. I guess I’m okay with this then.

damn, that is gonna be a little weird since he played “himself” in Halo Nightfall XD

Based on what I’ve seen of Colter’s voice acting in the Halo 2 Anniversary Prologue and Epilogue, it’s a welcome change in my opinion. I’m sure Locke isn’t a terrible actor under the right direction. But his voice acting came across as a tad mediocre and forced. At least Ikè Amadi sounds enough like Locke but is a noticeably better voice actor.

You can’t say the same for Truth and Miranda in Halo 3.That was just an awkward switch and the characters ended up feeling different. Yet, it didn’t ruin the canon as some are suggesting.

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> damn, that is gonna be a little weird since he played “himself” in Halo Nightfall XD

Doesn’t every character “play themself” if they’re using the likeness for the character? Colter gave most of his likeness to Locke, but he didn’t end up voicing him long-term.

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> The Hell? How are they going to explain this in the lore?

About as well as they did the voice actress change for Miranda Keyes from Halo 2 to Halo 3.

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> > I feel bad for Mike. Based on his delivery in the Sprint, I actually preffered his delivery with Buck; it sounded genuine, and not like he was an action movie badass asserting his dominance. I think they should switch based on the scenario, something like the all hail commercial fits Ike better, but in conversation I approve of Mike. Is that realky the reason though? That’s lame if it’s true, who cares if he’s on the Marvel series, if he’s too busy then that was just a bad decision on 343s part.
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Do you have link to that footage you’re referring to?

No idea why this was revived.